Senior Backend Engineer, Web Services
Location: US, WA, Seattle
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
#URL_e08bd09c0b78a30f1de0802b96ff2d19dc5d486af0a28f3e36fed9fdf5cc9ba3# helps digital media publishers run their business better through the automation of selling, booking, and reporting of digital ad campaigns. Our thesis is that if we make it easier for digital publishers to sell premium ad campaigns then as a result,(1) Publishers create less ad inventory flooding the interwebz, (2) Advertisers will be happier because they’ll get more engaging ads,(3) End Users will be happier because they’ll see less ads while consuming services.(4) Media Employees will be happier because they don’t have to spend their nights and weekends doing mundane manual workOur goal is to preserve the quality of services on the web by making digital content creators more profitable.#URL_e08bd09c0b78a30f1de0802b96ff2d19dc5d486af0a28f3e36fed9fdf5cc9ba3# has been featured in Forbes, Geekwire, and the San Francisco Business Times and we're backed by prominent investors from Seattle, Silicon Valley, NYC, and the Alchemist Accelerator. 

Job description:
Who?#URL_e08bd09c0b78a30f1de0802b96ff2d19dc5d486af0a28f3e36fed9fdf5cc9ba3# helps digital media publishers run their business better through the automation of selling, booking, and reporting of digital ad campaigns. Our thesis is that if we make it easier for digital publishers to sell premium ad campaigns then as a result,(1) publishers create less ad inventory flooding the interwebz, (2) advertisers will be happier because they’ll get more engaging ads,(3) end users will be happier because they’ll see less ads while consuming services.(4) publisher employees will be happier because they don’t have to spend their nights and weekends doing mundane manual workWe’re still early-stage but we have engineering talent, a working beta product, paying customers, and a great pipeline of future customers. What Else?We have raised a fresh funding round with many prominent Seattle, Silicon Valley, and NYC investors.Although we’re early, we can pay a competitive market salary.We graduated from Venture Beat’s  2013 Accelerator of the Year – #URL_f5ac71ba5930aff5a54fdb2148274f7476497c719bbe0d7a05b822c6f67c05a8#We’ve already had some good press coverage in Forbes, Venture Beat, San Francisco Business Times, and GeekWire.We have recurring revenue $$$ from a big social networking service and a $1B+ media company are paying customers in our beta.Responsibilities:Who are we looking for?We’re looking for a senior backend engineer to be responsible for working the full lifecycle (design, build, document, unit/functional/load test, and deploy) of backend APIs and infrastructure needed to scale our platform. Our perfect candidate is either a really experienced SDE or Senior Dev looking to grow their career and take ownership of a complex set of internal/external services, datasets, and potentially, lab experiments.Ideally, you should have some experience in the digital ad world and are located near Seattle, WA.

Requirements:
Would Like:Knowledge of Rails 3.1+, AngularJS, Redis, MemcacheComputer Science, Math, Stats, or Engineering DegreeMust-Have:Experience with developing production-grade code Demonstrated experience of scaling a product from beta to full-blown productionPostgresSQL, MySQLHeroku, AWS, Hadoop/EMR, RedshiftRuby and at least one additional OO languageExperience with RESTful API design using JSONPreference for at least working knowledge of one NoSQL DBSome knowledge of DevOpsYou’re not an arrogant know-it-all a-hole and/or someone who just does the bare minimum.

Benefits:
We're offering a role to get out of the rut of corporate grind. Come grow your skills, enjoy full product ownership and build a successful startup with us.We got the normal stuff such as:Competitive SalaryHealth/Dental/Vision BenefitsEarly EquityDog-Friendly OfficeSome of the not so normal benefits:"Take-it-when-you-need-it" paid time offWork from Home WednesdaysCompany-Paid, Munchery Lunch DaysHackathonsWorking a late night? We got your Uber.Best Tools for the Job - Your choice in hardware, but our standard issue are  (2) 27"Monitors (1) 15" I7 Macbook Pro, (1) Magic Mouse, (1) Apple Keyboard, (2) 32 NRR Earplugs and (1) House plant up to 18"